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Jan, 6, 1925.

W. C. CUTLER DIRECTORY 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 29

.LEj' E 2 am M I I Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

WILLIAM C. CUTLER, OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.

DIRECTORY.

Application filed August 29, 1921. Serial No; 496,453. A

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. CUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glendale, in the county of Los 'Angeles and State of California, have invented anew and useful Directory, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for storing and displaying tabulated and indexed information, so that desired matter may be brought to view position.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device which indicates on the outside if the matter that is wanted is listed in the cards stored in the device.

Another object is to provide a device with a multiple index by which the user or operator can establish, for instance, if desired matter can be had in a certain town, without having to cause any of the stored cards to move into view position.

Another object is to provide a device of this type with a solid base, and, from the base upwardly, with uprights and frame work independent of the outer shell or cabinet, so that the inner working mechanisms are not materially put out of working condition and alignment by the warp-ing of the outer cabinet.

Another object is to provide spring'governors for the movements of the setting mechanism and for the lifting mechanism, so as to assure an even and a certain velocity of the mechanisms when operated, thereby developing positive action.

Another object is to provide an oil casing for the main actuating springs, to avoid noises and to assure a steady action in each movement of the springs.

Another object is to provide means by which the card carrier is always moved back to a neutral position after each carddisplaying movement, so that the operation for selecting a new card with new matter is always handled in a similar manner, and always started from the same point and neutral position of the card selecting handle.

Another object is to provide means for holding the foot pedal or lifting lever locked until the card carrier is back to neutral position with the previously selected card back in its original storing position.

Another object is to provide an arm rest on the desk portion of the cabinet, operative to lock the lifted card in any position above the normal storing position without having to hold the lifting at pedal or lifting lebringing the setting mechanism intoproper aligning "position before the. selected card is lifted into. view position and by the very action of operating the lifting mechanlsm. Y

Another object 'is to provide yielding roller guides for the lifting hooks, to prevent a sticking of the lifting mechanism, and assuring a returning of the lifting mechanism back to normal.

Another object is to provide an air cushion for the returning card carrier in a position to receive the card carrier in its neutral position when automatically returning.

Other objects will appear from the following description and appended claims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective'view of the whole device, inclosed in'a suitable cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of the cabinet on line 2-2 of Fig. 3, illustrating the lifting mechanism in side elevation, the relative position of the setting handle being indicated to make it clear hooks, and the locking device of the setting handle for interlocking the setting handle with the foot pedal.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4, illustrating the gearing between the setting handle and the card carrier, and indicating the pulleys for actuating the indicating member in relation to the index of the device.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the locking bar, actuated by the arm rest on the desk portion of the cabinet, to engage the lifting hooks in any position above the normal storing position after the setting handle and the foot pedal have been released by the operator.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the upper part of the case 9, see Fig. 4, broken off at Another object is to provide means for the projecting desk, illustrating a movable lighting system.

Fig. 8 illustrates the motor used for turning the tube 124 in Fig. 9, I

Devices of this type are normally made to operate rather slowly, since the cards are pears. to show some matter in the .desired line and on bringing such a selected card into view position, it is found that the displayed matter does not fullysatisfy. For instance, it appears in the index that a certain town is advertised in one of thestored cards. An interested party sets the "setting mechanism'for this card, and then operates the lifting mechanism to bring the selected card to view position, only to find thatedesired matter is; not advertised .under the heading of-the name of the town. I

With the present device, the operation is simplified. The index is so arranged that the town about which a certain information is Wanted, is indexed under a certain numher, and the different matters to be found in the stored cards are indexed separately in some order, alphabetically or otherwise in a suitable manner, indicating also by suitable indicating numbers in which town the matter is to be had or found. In this manner, the outside index alone is sufiicient to show that a certain matter is to be found in a certain town;

The cabinet 9 is provided with the upper glass front 10, behind which desired information matter is normally displayed, see Fig. 1. The desk portion 11 serves several purposes. The operating and setting handle 12, and the dial 13 are preferably provided in this desk portion, since the operating and setting of the device, that is, the-selecting of the proper card, normally requires careful attention, making it most suitable in this manner. There are furthermore the directions and part of the index in this desk portion, preferable so that the desired matter can be selected to be used in setting and selecting the proper card within the device. Still furthermore, there is the arm rest member 15, to be used for holding the selected card in lifted and displaying position. at any point above the storing position after the foot pedal and lifting mechanism have been released, as will be more fully described later on; The lifting mechanism terminates in the outwardly projecting end I stored in the device.

160 f the foot pedal, indicated in the lower portion in the frontof the cabinet in Fig. 1. The operating and setting handle 12 is in operative connection with the indicating member 17, just above the desk portion 11, as will be more fully described later on. A series of numbers is arranged preferably in consecutive order in a line along the path of .the moving indicating member 17 as indicated at 18. Each number designates preferably one of the tables'i19.1 Any number of tables 19 can be .provide'dalong the front ofthe' cabinet, thenumbers of the several tablespreferably' corresponding with" the several'numbers in the dial.

A tabulating and indexing with this ar-. rangement. is very simple and makes the device very convenient.

For instance,.each of the numbers designates one of the tables 19. Each of the tables 19,. contains a number of names of towns or cities or places about which information is to be had in this device. All the matter referred to and indexedin one of the tables 19 is provided inone of the cards In each of the towns or places referred to are normally all kinds of businesses, business houses, professions,

and many things of interest tothe information-seeking public,.such matter being preferably tabulated in the directions at 1 in the desk portion of the device.

Turningor moving the operating handle to a certain number in the dial, causes also the indicating member 17 to move to the same number designating one of the tables 19, indicating at the same time that one of the cards within the device has been placed into selective position, ready to be movedinto displaying position. All the matter of interest in the cities named in the table 19, designated as #1 is tabulated in card #1 within the device. If, for instance. accountants, shoe-makers, tailors, etc, have been marked in the tabulated matter in the directions in the desk with the numeral #1, it indicates that in the cities and places in the table #1 such matter is more specifically tabulated in the card stored within the device; and the card, properly selected by the setting handle by placing the handle near the #1 in the dial, may advantageously be brought to displaying position bypressing on the foot pedal 16. If no #1 would appear behind or near the matter in the directions 14, it would indicate that such matter is not specifically tabulated in the card #1; and the lifting of the card #1 into displaying position would only be a matter of wasting time.

Searchfor the city or place about which certain information is wanted, and thereby find the number of the table and the number of the information card. Next, establish. inthe directions if a certain matter about which information is wanted exists in that city or place. If the number of the table and card appears affixed to the matter in the directions, the matter is fully specified and tabulated in the stored card. If the number of the table or card on which the city or place appears does not seem to be aflixed to the matter in the directions, the stored card does not give any particular information about the matter desired.

This arrangement is of great advantage to people who desire information about many different things. They may satisfy themselves that certain matter cannot be had at certain places by just glancing at the directions and tables near the indicat ing member, while they can quickly operate the device to get information where information appears to be specified in one of the cards.

Of course, instead of cities or places, other matter may be tabulated in the tables 19; and, instead of the matter shown in the directions in the desk, other matter may easily be tabulated at 14. The arrangement is the same. The operation would be the same. No material changes would be nec essary with the device in general, and the following description would apply in a similar manner as set forth hereafter.

The whole cabinet is preferably mounted on a solid base 20, made of cast iron or similar suitable material. A shaft 21 is provided in the base 20 to support the card carrier 22, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. In Fig. 4, the card carrier is fully illustrated, projecting upwardly from the base 20 for a swinging movement on a practically vertical plane. The upper archshaped portion 23 on the car carrier is provided with a number of cut-outs 24 forming the engaging means for the information cards in storing position. The card carrier is arranged to swing from side to side between the front and rear walls of the cabinet, in Fig. 4, the carrier appears near the front wall, which is the neutral and normal inoperative position of the carrier, from this, the carrier is adapted to eventually swing over to the rear to the position indicated in dotted lines at 25.

An information card is suspended from each of the cut outs or notches 24 in the twooppositely arranged members of the carrier, as more clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, the cards being designated at 26.

h lounting the card carrier on the common shaft 21 on the solid base 20, insures a uniform holding and supporting of the information cards, no matter how the cabinets warps.

The liftingposition from which any selected card is lifted into view position is indirated at 27 in Fig. 4, this position being hereafter more suitably called the selecfive position. Any of the cards suspended on the card carrier must first be moved to this selective posit-ion before the lifting mechanism can be brought to engage with such a card for lifting it or moving it to view position. fore provided with means to be swung from the position in which the card carrier is illustrated in Fig. 4 to eventually the posi- The card carrier is there- A moving of the handle 12, so as to pro- 7 duce a turning of the shaft 36, causes a turning of the shaft 32 and of the several gears on both ends of thecard carrier, the motion being transmitted to the racks 33 so as'to cause aswinging of the card carrier to bring one of the stored cards into selective position. g

If the handle 12 is released, the card carrier with the stored cards, and therewith the whole gears and setting handle are automatically moved back to the starting and neutral position by the spring 37, indicated on Fig. 4. i

When a certain card is wanted to appear in view position behind the glass front 10 ofthe cabinet 9, the handle 12 is moved to the number in the dial 13, found in the directions to lead to the desired card, the lifting mechanism is set in motion whereby the lifting hooks 38 engage with the ends of the selected card, actuated by the lifting mechanism as will be more fully described later on, the flexible members 39 winding upon the pulleys 40, thereby causing the upward movement of the lifting hoops. As soon as the lifting hooks start in their upward movement, the card carriage or carrier is locked against swinging movement until the lifted card is returned to its storing position, as will be more fully described later on. r

The lifting hooks 38 are preferably provided with downwardly extending barsor members 41. The members 41 are preferably provided with beads or engaging lips 42, extending in inoperative position from a point below the rack 33 downwardly to the termination 44 of the bars or members. 41.

The racks 33 are preferably provided with teeth or notches in the edges 45 to engage with the lips 42 of the member 41 of the lifting hooks whenever and as soon as the hooks are moved in an upwardly direction,-

for locking the racks against swinging move ment.

In Figs. 2 and 3, the downwardly extending members41 of the lifting hooks 38 are illustrated as engaging -with and being guided by the upper ends 46 of the standards 47. The standards extend upwardly from the base 20.

Since the card carrier is automatically brought back to neutral and inoperative position, it is naturally desirable to have means for governing the velocity or speed of the carrier in returning to its neutral position, a governor being roughly outlined and indicated at 48 in Fig. 4, a clearer description will follow later on with reference to a similar device in the lifting mechanism.

To avoid undesirable shocks and jars to the card carrier in reaching itsinoperative position, air or other similar suitable cushioning means is provided, such a device being roughly outlined and indicated at 49.

The rear wall 50 of the cabinet is normally made in the form of a door so that the inner working parts of the device may be accessible, hinges being indicated at 51 in Fig. 4. This door is also used to support the card 52, having matter in its front face forming a part of the directions for the operation of this device. The card 52 is supported by the studs 53. A battery 54 furnishes the electric current through the wires 55 to the lamp 56, to illuminate the front face of the card 52.

The pulleys 5'? are provided on the shaft 32, as illustrated in Fig. 5, to transmit the motion of the operating handle 12 to the indicating member 17 through the flexible member 58, guided over the pulleys 59, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

Having set the card selecting mechanism to bring one of the cards into selective posi tion, the neXt movement is to press down the foot pedal 16, for bringing the selected card into view position behind the front glass 10, since the foot pedal forms the outer termination of the card lifting mechanism. It is desirable that the setting mechanism should not be turnable or operative as soon as the lifting mechanism is operated. A latch pawl 60 is therefore provided, connected to the foot pedal 16 through the lever 61 and rod 62, to look the gear 35 and thereby the shaft 36 with the operating and setting handle 12.

The termination, that is, the latch 60' and a portion of the rod 62 is only indicated in the illustration of the setting mechanism in Fig. 4, the full connection of the pawl 60 to the foot pedal 16 being illustrated in the illustration of the lifting mechanism in Fig. 2.

The latch is shown to some extent inclined to the underside of the desk portion 11.

This is evidently not quite to the best advantage-to the actual construction, but

merely for the sake of making the illustration as clear as possible, since the arm rest 15 and the operating means in connection with the arm rest are illustrated in Fig. 2. One end of the arm rest is shown connectedto the-cabinet by the hinge63, while the other endof the rest 15 is supported by the lever 64. The leve'r64 is held in inoperative position by the spring 65. The locking bar 66 is connected to the lever 64. In Fig. 6 is an illustration of the locking bar 66 in top plan view showing the fork-like termination 67 of the bar 64,;to1 engage over the bar 41 of the lifting hook. The fork-like termination of the bar 66 is disposed just above the guiding portion 46 of the standard 47, as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that a slight shifting of the bar 66 to bring the fork-like termination 67 in engagement with the bar 41 serves to hold the bar 41 with the lifting hook to prevent the lifting hook from descending when the arm rest is slightly pressed.

/Vhen, for instance, the lifting mechanism has already been released so that the inner mechanism will automatically start for the descending movement ofthedisplayed card with the lifting hooks and the bars 41, such downward movement can be stopped by a slight pressure with the arm on the rest 15, so that the operator may still see the card for a longer time. g

It happens many times that an operator checks up matter from the displayed card, and, before quite through with the search, inadvertently releases the foot pedal so that the dilifting hooks descend with the displayed car To get the same card back to view position by the normal operating mechanism, it wouldnaturally be necessary to wait until the cardis fully down in its storing position and then operate the lifting mechanism again to bring the same card again to displaying position, this however takes time.

Having this armrest provided, an operator does not have to wait for the card to fully descend before all desired informations can be had, the operator simply pressing on the rest 15, thereby stopping the downward movement of the card as long as the operator wishes.

The inner operating lever 68 is pivotally and swingably supported at 69. The spring 70 serves to connect the foot pedal 16 with the inner operating lever 68. The upright bar 71 is swingably supported at 72 to the side of the case housing the machine, the lower end of which connects swingably with the sliding bar 74 at 73. The upper end of the upright bar is provided with a cam 75 to engage with the pin 7 6 of the lever 68.

In its uppermost position, in which the I bar or lever 68 is illustrated, the cam 75 engages with the pin 76, thereby keeping the bar 74 in inoperative position against the tension of the spring 77. hen the foot pedal is pressed downwardly, causing the operating lever 68 to also move downwardly, the lever or 'bar 71 is free to swing around the pivot support 72 and the sliding bar 74 is moved forwardly by the action of the spring 77, thereby bringing the hook end 78 of the sliding bar 74 into a position ready to engage over the end 79 of the lever 68 the moment the lever 68 is in its lowermost position, which is brought about by the pull exerted by the spring 70.

The rod 80 is connected to the end 79 of the lever 68, extending upwardly and engaging with the shaft 82 through the pulley 81 and the flat spiral spring83.

The larger card lifting pulleys 40 are also mounted on the shaft 82, see also Fig. 3, in connection with Fig. 2. These larger pulleys with the shaft 82 are held locked in inoperative position by the pawl 84, so that the downward movement of the rod 80 produces only a tightening of the spring 83, thereby storing power for the card lifting. At the moment when the lever 68 is in its lowermost position so that the hook-end 78 can engage over the end 79 of the lever 68, the lever end 79 also touches the lever 85 causing an upward movement of the rod 86 and thereby actuating the pawl 84 to free the card lifting pulleys 40.

The downward movement of the lever 68 with the rod 80 produces therefore first only a storing of power in the spring 88 until the pawl 84 is disengaged from. the pulleys 4-0, when the spring becomes the actuating power for turning the shaft 82 with the nilleys 40, thereby lifting and winding the llexible member 39, resulting in a lifting of the lifting hooks 38 with the selected card.

While the selected card is lifted from the card carrier, the lips 42 on the downwardly extending members 41 of the lifting hooks engage with the racks 33, as described above, thereby locking the card carrier against movement as long as the selected card is above its storing position on the racks.

The lever 68 with the rod 80 is moved back to its inoperative position by the spring 87, disposed in an oil-containing casing 88. A plunger 89, connected to the rod 90, rests on the spring, and acts on the rod 80, to automatically bring the lever 68 and the rod 80 back to normal inoperative position, as soon as released from the hook end 78 of the sliding bar 74.

The foot pedal 18% brought back to its normal inoperative position by a similar spring and oil containing device, indicated at 91, so that, on releasing the foot pedal it will automatically move back to its inoperative position, In its upward movement, the foot pedal causes a disengaging of the lever. 68 from the sliding bar 74, a hook member 92 being provided on the footpedal to press against the end 93 of the sliding bar 74 so as to result in the disengaging of the hook 78 from the end 79 of the lever 68. The tension. of thespring 94 on the rod 86 tends to'help in the disengaging by causing a pressing of the lever 85 against the end 79 of the lever 68.

As soon as the lever 68 is disengaged from the hook 78, the sliding bar 74 is moved by its spring 77 to engage'under the hook 92, thereby locking the foot pedal until the lever 68 reaches its uppermost position, when the cam 75 is engaged 'by the pin 76 on the lever 68, so as to result in a disengaging of the hook 92 on the foot pedal from the end 9801 the sliding bar 74.

The whole device can therefore be operated so that any one of the stored cards can be selected, the selected card can be moved to view position, while the selecting mechanism is locked against movement until the selected card returns to storing position. As long as any of the cards is away from its original storing position in the neutral position of the card-carrier, the foot pedal cannot be operated at all, after once being operated to cause a card to leave its original position; No card can be caused to move awa from its storing position in the card carrier unless the foot pedal has once been moved fully down to its lowermost position. The selected card, once lifted out of its storing position, cannot be influenced by the foot pedal, even if the foot pedal is not allowed to move upwardly to its locking position. The selected card can never be influenced directly by the foot pedal, once caused to leave its storing position, the card always moves practically at its own speed and predetermined velocity, up to view position and down to its storing position.

The speed of the moving card is controlled by the overnor illustrated in Fig. 3. A pulley 110 is provided on the shaft 82.

Another pulley 111 receives its motion fromthe pulley 110 by a. belt 112 or anyother similar suitable transmitting means. A number of arms 113 are provided on a common shaft 114 with the pulley 111, so that the arms 113 are caused to swing around the shaft 114 by the rotating motion of the shaft 82. Vings 115 are swingably supported by the arms 113, normally held at their shortest distance from the supporting shaft 114 by the spring 116. The higher the speed of the governor, the more W111 the wings extend outwardly against the tension of the spring 116, and thereby offer more resistance for controlling the speed of the shaft 82.

A similar governor is provided in the setting mechanism to control the movement 'of the card carrier, especially in returning toits normal neutral position when under theinfiuence of the spring 37 The lifting hooks 38 are preferably provided with arms 117, pivotally connected to the lifting hooks at 118. Rollers 119 are provided on the arms 117 to yieldingly engage with the upright rods 121, being yieldingly held in engagement by the springs 120. This arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 3, and serves to prevent a sticking of the lifting hooks on the bars or rods 121, in case the cabinet should warp.

Parts of card 52 can be of transparent material with figures or drawing thereon so that light used. behind this card can be seen through the glassed in front 10. Fig. 7 illustrates a movable lighting system I can use consisting of a transparant tube of isinglass-or other suitable material, 124, the top of which is covered with paper, or other suitable material, With slotted openings, see Fig. 8 at 130 and 131, these openings being raised at 131 sloping up from the tube 124 where they are secured. In the center of this tube at 127, Fig. 7, a small glass hearing is secured. This bearing 127, now holding the tube 124, rests on a rod 126, which is' pointed and hardened on the upper end at 127, the other end being secured at the lamp base 128, thus the tube loosely rests on the bearingat 127. A lamp 123, mounted on the base 128, lighted throws off heat and light within the tube 12a. This heat ascending strikes the sloping openings 131 with such force that it causes the tube 124 to rotate on the bearing 127. The tube 12st can be painted with suitable colors which will scatter the light given off by the lamp 123 through the transparent part of the card 52 and through the glass opening 10, thus attracting attention to this as a public device, by a simple and economical method.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a directory device, a card carrier, a plurality of cards carried thereby, card elevating means for lifting a card from said carrier to view position, setting means for moving said card carrier into selective positions whereby a corresponding card is positioned to be raised by said card elevating means, locking means operative upon first movement of the card elevating means to hold saidcard carrier in selected position until said card shall have been returned to original position in said card carrier; said locking means capable of releasing said card carrier to allow it to return to neutral positionupon said card having been returned by sa-id card elevating means.

2-. In a directory. device, a series of cards, a card carrier, yieldable means tending to hold-said card carrier in neutral. position, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to. move. any oneof thecards on the carrier to selective position, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to more the selected card into view position, and means for retaining the foot pedal in a locked position until released by the. action of the card carrier returning to neutral and starting position.

3. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, means for automatically bringing the carrier back to neutral when the hand lever is released, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, said means capable upon first movement of locking said card carrier against movement, and further capable upon returning to original position of releasing said card carrier to allow it to be brought back to neutral position, and means for retaining the foot pedal in alocked position until released by the action of the self-noutralizing card carrier, whereby all of the said means employed for setting the card car" rier and for raising a selected card having been set in motion, are independent of te-rnal force until said card carrier shall have been returned to starting position.

4:. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any of the cards on the carrier to selective position, yieldable means opposing the hand lever and tending to return said card carrier to neutral position when said carrier is free to return, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, means operative by the foot pedal for aligning and locking the hand lever when the selected card is moved out of selu tire position, said means capable of releasing itself from locked'engagement with the hand lever when the selected card shall have been returned to the card carrier, and means for retaining the foot pedal in a locked position until released by the action. of the card carrier returning to the starting position.

5. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, means for automatically bringing the carrier back to neutral and starting position, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, means operative by the foot pedal for aligning and lockingthe hand lever when the card is lifted out of selective position, means operative by the lifting means to keep the card carrier in a locked position until the lifted card is back on the card carrier, and means for retainingthe foot pedal in a locked position until released by the action ofthe card carrier returning to neutral.

6. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, a table showing a number of towns alphabetically arranged and grouped in relation to a number of distinguishing characters, an indicating member operative by the hand lever to align with one of the characters of one distinct group of names to be of the matter to be found on the selected card, and another table containing matter to be found on the stored cards certain of the matter having certain of the distinguishing characters affixed to indicate whether such matter is to be found on the selected card with reference to the designated group.

7. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, a table showing a number of names alphabetically arranged and grouped in relation to a number of distinguishing characters, an indicating member operative by the hand lever to align with one of the characters of one distinct group of names to be of the matter to be found on the selected card, another table containing matter to be found on the stored cards certain of the matter having certain of the distinguishing characters affixed to indicate whether such matter is tobe found on the selected card with reference to the indicated group as operated by the handle, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected. card into view position, and means to automatically bring back all parts toneutral.

8. In a directory device, a seriesiof cards, a cabinet, a solid base for the cabinet, a card carrier swingably mounted on theibase within the cabinet for supporting the cards, a hand lever on the outside of the cabinet,

- means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, means operative by the foot pedal for aligning and locking the hand lever when the selected card is moved out of selective position, and means for retaining the foot pedal in the locked position until released by the action of the card carrier returning to the starting position.

9. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, means to automatically bring back all parts to neutral, a spring governor for controlling the automatic movement of the card carrier and another spring governor for controlling automatic movement of the card lifting means.

10. In a directory device, a card carrier, a series of cards carried thereby, setting means for moving the card carrier to bring a card into position to be raised, card raising means, a foot pedal, a vertical rod interposed between said card raising means and power storing means interposed between said vertical rod and said footpedal whereby movement of said pedal in one direction will act to store up energy to move said card raising means at a speed independent of said foot lever, an oil filled tube substantially vertically disposed and paralleling said vertical rod, a rigid depending plunger element carried by said rod and extending into said tube, with clearance for passage of oil, and a spring interposed between the lower end of said tubeand said plunger element, whereby movement of said foot pedal in one direction will act to store up energy to actuate said card elevating means, and likewise store up energy in said spring toreturn said vertical rod and foot pedal to original position.

11. In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to move the selected card into view position, means to automatically bring all parts back to neutral, and an arm support having means to retain the lifted card in view position after the automatic returning means has commenced to work.

12. Ina directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, a hand lever, means operative by the hand lever to move any one of the cards on the carrier to selective position, lifting hooks, yielding roller guides on the hooks, a foot pedal, means operative by the foot pedal to engage the lifting hooks for moving the selected card into view position,

and means to automatically bring all parts back to neutral position.

13. In adirectory device, a base, a shaft card carriers being concentric with the center of oscillation of said shaft, a vertically movable card elevating means interposed between said spaced card carrying elements,

said card elevating means being guided to ascend and descend through a path substan-' tially radial to the center of oscillation of said shaft.

14. In a directory device, a plurality of cards, apair of spaced accurate card carrying elements, a common shaft to which both elements are secured in fixed spaced relation, locking means engaging one of said card carrying elements, an accurate rack fixed to one of said card carrying elements, and setting means including a gear meshing with said rack.

15. In a directory devi e, a base, side walls built around said base, a cover supported by said side walls, a hand lever supported by said cover, a transverse shaft on said base enclosed by said walls, a pair of spaced card carrying elements of accurate profile fixed to said shaft to oscillatein synchronisni therewith and with each other, an accurate rack carried by one of said card carrying elements, a gear meshing with said rack and operatively connected with said hand lever to be rotated thereby.

16. In a directory device, a base, side walls built around said base, a cover supported by said side walls, a hand lever supported by said cover, a transverse shaft on said base enclosed by said walls, a pair of spaced card carrying elements of accurate profile fixed to said shaft to oscillate in synchronism therewith and with each other, an accurate rack carried by one of said card carrying elements, a gear meshing with said rack and operatively connected with said hand lever to be rotated thereby, and locking means capable of locking said handle against movement whereby both of said card carrying elements may be locked.

17. In a directory device comprising a plurality of walls constructed of a material such as wood and thereby subject to unequal Xpansion, a metal base, a transverse shaft journaled thereon, a pair of spaced card carrying elements fixed to said shaft, a plurality of cards carried by said card carriers, card raising means having guiding means carried by said walls, and means on one of said card carrying elements slidably engaging with said card raising means to provide for proper alignment.

18. In a directory device, a base, a shaft journaled in said base, a pair of spaced card carrying elements fixed to said shaft, a card raising means normally reposing at a fixed point, a series of cards carried by said elements, the latter being of accurate form so that as they are oscillated about the center of said shaft each of said cards successively passes said card lifting means at the same distance as do all the other cards.

19. In a directory device, a base, a built up wooden frame, a transverse shaft journaled solely on said base, a pair of spaced card carrying elements fixed to said shaft and supported solely thereby, an accurate rack carried by one of said card carrying elements, and a hand lever revolvably supported by said wooden frame and operatively connected to said rack whereby rotation of said handle will effect partial revolution of said card carriers.

20. In a directory device, a base, a shaft supported solely by and journaled in said base, a pair of spaced accurate card carriers fixed to said shaft, the curvature of said card carriers being concentric with the center of oscillation of said shaft, a vertically movable card elevating means interposed between said spaced card carrying elements, said card elevating means being guided to ascend and descend through a path substair tially radial to the center of oscillation of said shaft, said path being in true vertical alignment with said center of oscillation of said shaft.

21. In a directory device, a base, a shaft journaled on a horizontal plane on said base, a pair of similar spaced card carrying elements fixed to said shaft and each formed with an accurate periphery concentric with the center of oscillation of said shaft, corresponding detents provided in each of the said spaced card carriers, a plurality of cards, rigid lateral projections to each card whereby each card may be suspendably supported by and between said elements with said projections reposing in corresponding detents, card lifting means moving through a vertical path radial to the center of oscillation of said shaft, and setting means for oscillating said shaft whereby a card may be disposed to be lifted by said card raising means.

In a directory device, a series of cards, a card carrier, card lifting means capable of raising a card to view position, a foot lever for actuating said card lifting means, means whereby movement of said foot lever in one direction will store up energy for its return, locking means for rendering said foot lever inoperative on said card raising means after same has been put in motion, and an arm rest acting independent of said foot lever locking means whereby the card raising means may be arrested in descending under the power stored up by first movement of said foot lever.

23. In an information displaying device, means for raising and lowering a card, a foot lever for actuating said means, and a control element independent of said foot lever capable of arresting said means at the will of the operator.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. CUTLER.

Witnesses O. H. Kanncnn, Jnssm A. MANOOK. 

